Blacking-applying machine for boots and shoes.



V J. C. G. SGHEER. BLACKING APPLYING MACHINE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 23. 1910.

Patented Apr. 18,1911.

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INVENTOR J. c. c. SCHEER. v BLAGKING APPLYING MACHINE TOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

APPLIGATIOK FILED SEPT. 23, 1910.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

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V J. G. 0. SCHEER.

- BLAGKING APPLYING mcnmn FOR BOOTS AND SHOES;

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23. 1910.

- Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

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JOHN c. c. SCHEER, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.'-. ;E

BLAGKING-AIPPLYING MACHINE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

To all whom it may concern:

v Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 18 1911,

Application filed September 23, 1910. Serial No. 583,363. v

view of a means for operating the cleansing;

i J detail and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional the fabric with the cleansing liquid or black- 11 Be it. known that I, Jenn C. C. Seneca, liquid and paste supply means for a dauber. a citizen of the United States ofAmeriea, Referring to the drawings in. detail, 1 residing at. Beaver Falls, in the. county of denotes an inclined platform provided with Beaver and State of Pennsylvania. have in longitudinally extending ribs 2, 3, for-guidvented certain new and useful lmprovein the shoe as it is carried across the plat-- ments in Blocking-Applying Machines for form. r

Boots and Shoes, of which the following is 4 denotes a support for the platform 1, the a specification, reference being had therein latter having a longitudinally extending slot to the accompanying drawing. projecting from the center toward the up This invention relates to a hlacking apper end of theplatform. Near the lower plying machine fol-boots and shoes,and has end of the platform. a longitudinally exfor its object to provide a machine of such tending slot 6 is provided, the latter ektends class. in a. manner as hereinafter set forth, in a plane to one side of the plane. to which for thoroughly applying], shoe polish to footthe slot 5 extends. The slot 5 is arranged gear, after which the shoe can either be polinwardly of the rib 2 and the slot 6 is arlshed by a machine or by hand. ranged inwardly of the rib 3, near the lower A further object of the invention is to end thereof. provide a machine of the class rcterrcd to. Arranged in proximity to the slot 5 is a. with means in a manner as hereinafter set dauher 7 and positioned in proximity to the forth, for first applying; a cleaning liquid to slot. 6 is a dauber 8. As each of the daubers the shoe and then polish or paste, the cleanis of the same construction, but one will be ing liquid, as well as the polish, being thordescribed. the description of one applying oughly applied to the shoe while the wearer to the other. Each of the daubers consists of the shoe draws the same through the maof aflhody portion 9. having an outwardly chine. extending angular bend 10 at the forward Further objects of the invention are. to end thereof. The body portion 9 and the. provide a blacking applying machine. which angular bend 10 has a strip ot tabric '11 is comparatively simple in its construction secured thereto. The body portion 9 is and arrangement, strong, durable, efiieient convex in contour and is connected by the in it use, convgnignfly operated. and comresilient elements 12. 13, to a carrier 14, paratively inexpensive to manufacture. which is hinged. as at 15, to a vertically dis With the foregoing and other objects in posed extension 16, of a bracket-17 pivotally view, the invention consists of the novel connected. as at 18. to the platform 1. Con- I construction, combination, and arrange nectcd to the bracket 17 as at 19. is one end ment of parts. as hereinafter more specifiof a spring 20. which is coiled around a.

' cally described and illustrated in the acpost 2]. carried by the platform 1: and the companying drawings, wherein is shown the function of the spring 20 is to maintain the preferred embodiment of the invention, but bracket 17 in the position as shown in Fin.

'it is to be understood that changes, vari- 1. and to return said bracket to such posiations, and modifications can be resorted to tion when shifted therefrom. the shifti g" which come within the scope of the claims being bad when the shoe is passed over t e hereunto appended. platform. For retaining the carrier in a In the drawings, wherein like reference lowered position, a resilient member 22 is characters denote corresponding parts provided, which engages the extension 16 throughoutthe severalviews: Figure 1 is and the carrier 14, as clearly shown in a. plan of a blacking applying machine Fia.2. in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 The manner in which the daubers apply I is'a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudithe cleansing liquid or the blacking to the nal section broken away. Fig. 4 is a. pershoe is as follows: The daubers are in the spective view illustrating the means for supposition as shown in Fig. 2. the shoe is plying the cleaning liquid and polish to one passed downwardly upon the platform 1 unof the daubers. Fig. 5 is a cross sectional til the heel of the shoe engages the end 10 l view of the machine. Fig. 6 is a sectional of the dauber 7 the dauber is elevated and 2 I I a 989,928

biachlng, as the shoe clears the dauber 7 it will engage the dauber 8, so that the opposite side of the shoe will have the cleansing medium or hlacking applied to the shoe. The operation of the dauber S is the same as that of the dauher 7. the dauhcr 7 operatin upon one side in front of the shoe, and the dauher 8. operating upon the other side in front of the shoe. After the shoe clears the danbcrs, the springs return them to normalposition.

- ll'hcu thc machine. is used, the shoe is first. passcd over the platform I for an application ot the cleansing liquid and afterward again passed over the platform to receive the blur-king and after the blackin; has been applied to the shoe. the shoe is polishcd by a suitable machine or manually, if desired.

The mechanism for supplying the cleansing liquids and the hlacking to each dauber is the same, so therefore one only will be described, as the description of one applies to the other. One of these mechanisms is arranged at one side of the machine, and the other at the other side of the machine, and in operative relation with respect to its dauber. Each of said mechanisms includes av casing 23, constituting a cleaning liquid containing reservoir, preferably cylindrical in contour and having an open top. A supporting frame Q-l depends from the platform- 1 and to which the casino $33 is cemnected through the medium of the lugs 25 and holdfastdevices 26. The open top of (licensing- 23 is closed by a shiftable incur her 27 liar curved arm 28, which ex; tends in the casing 23 when the member 27 is moved to closed position. The member 27 is provided with a pair of lugs 29. which are pivoted, as at. 30, to the end of the casing 23 and attached to the member 27 is one end of a coiled spring 31, the other end of the latter being; attached, as at 32, to the casing The member 27 with the exception of its arm segment-shaped in contour and is arranged against the periphery of the casing 22-. The member 2?. partially closes the open top of the casing; 23, the remainder-of the top being closed by a shit'tablesegmentshaped plate 33. Vliliil the casing 23 1s arrange a body of cleaning liquid 3 the level (if which extends above the lower end of the arm 28. the latter constituting a support for a supply roller 35 carried on the lower end of a crank arm 36, which extends through and is fixedly secured to the plate The supply roller 35 is arranged at one side of the inner end of the crank arm 36 and is mounted upon a spindle 37, which is jourualed in the arm 36, and in an angular bracket 38, and between the bracket 38 and the arm 36 is positioned the roller 3!. The c'ank arm 36 projects from a sleeve 39, which is carried by a hollow shaft 40 mounted upon a bearing 41. Connected to the outer end of the shaft 40 is a crank arm 42. h-Iounted upon the bearing 41 at one side of the shaft 40' is a hollow shaft 43 provided at its inner end with a collar :14, and at. its outer end with a. crank arm 45. Projecting from the collar 4% is a crank arm 46 carrying a receptacle 47 movided with blacking 48 inthe form of paste.

Carried by the frame 24 is a casing 49 adapted to receive the receptacle 47 and whi h is closed through the medium of a con-r carried by a shaft 51 journalcd in a bracket which projects from the wall of thc casing: 49. The shaft 51 is provided with a weighted arm 5-l. which retains the cover in an open position when the receptacle atT is shifted from the casing 49; when the cover 50 is in an open position. the wcightcd arm cxtcnds through a slot in the wall 53, so that when the receptacle 47 is moved back into the casing the arm 54 will be engaged thereby shifting the shaft, 51 and mating the cover to closed position. The crank arm 42 is pivotally connected at 56 to a vertically disposed handle 57, which extends through an inclined keeper 5S. The crank arm 4-5 is pivotally connected. as at 59. to a handlc G0. which extrnds tln-aupgh'an inclined keeper It: will he assumed that. the (lauber is to be supplied with a liquid cleaning medium.

The supply is had, as follows: The handle 57 is pressed downwardly which carries the crank arm 42 ther with and rocks the shaft; 40, when the shaft- 40 is rocked. the crank 31'; is elevated. As the crank moves out of the receptacle 33. the member 9'? is Forced outwardly whereby the roller 35 will be moi-ed over the casing 23, the member 27 assuming the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. By operating the llillldl-l- 57, the roller 35 is brought to engage the felt or fabric 1i and by moving, the handle 57 toward the uppe; end of the platform the roller is carried across the feltcr fabric 11 thereby applying;- the cleansing medium thereto, the position. of the roller being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The member 27 is maintained in open position hy the spring; 31. By pulling the handle in an opposite direction, the shat-'1 -10 is ruched so as to swing the roller 35 haul-I into the easin the roller moves to ard the ing 2; :5 colors the tie member 2? into :2 p0

portion oi the open top of the casing 23. When the member 27 is in the position as shown in Fig. 3, the plate 3:,

closes the remaining portion of the open top of the casing 23.

It will be assumed that the dauber should be supplied with blacking. The handle .61 is 'moved downwardly, thereby rocking the shaft 4st and swinging the receptacle at? out of the casing 49 and on a further movement of the handle the blacking is drawn across the felt or fa rie 11 thereby supplying the fabric with the required amount 0 By pulling the handle 61 in an opposite direction, the receptacle 47 is restored to the casing 49.

The blacking 48 is carried by a box 63, which is pivoted, as at'64, in the receptacle 47 and is engaged by a spring 65, which forces the box 63 outwardly so that the blacking will engage the fabric or felt 11 when the receptacle is shifted out of the casing 49 to supply the dauher with blacking.

What I claim, is:

1. A blacking applying machine comprising a platform, a pair of spring controlled hinged daubers pivotally connected to said platform and one arranged in advance of the other and adapted to be shifted when a shoe is passed over the platform whereby the daubers will apply cleansing liquid or paste to the shoe, manually operated means for supplying a cleansing liquid to the daubcrs, and manually operated means for applying blacking to the daubers.

2, A blacking applying machine compris-r ing a platform, a pair of spring controlled hinged daubers pivotally connected to said platform and one arranged 1n advance of the other and adapted to be shifted when a shoe is passed over the platform whereby the daubers will apply a cleansing liquid or paste to the shoe, a pair of shafts, a cleansing medium supply means connected to each of said shafts for moving said supply means in engagement with the daubers to supply a cleansing medium thereto, a pair of shafts, means connected to each of the last menblacking. 7

shafts, operating means for said,

from the platform and adapted when shifted to supply blacking to the daubers.

4. A blacking applying machine comprising a platform, a pair of spring controlled hinged daubers pivotally connected with said platform and one arranged in advance of the other, and shiftable means supported from the platform and adapted when shifted to supply a cleansing medium to said daubers.

5. A blacking applying machine comprising an inclined platform provided with a pair of shoe gui es and further having a pair .of longitudinally extending openings one arranged in advance of the other, a pair of spring controlled hinged daubers pivotally connected with said platform and arranged in operative relation u ith respect tosaid openings, and means adapted to be exsupplying a cleansing medium to the daubers.

6. A blacking applying machine comprising an inclined platform provided with a pair of shoe guides and further having a pair of longitudinally extending openings one arranged in advance of the other, a pair of spring cont-rolled hinged daubers pivottended through each of said openings for.

ally connected with said platform and ar-.

ranged in operative relation with respect to said openings, and means adapted to he extended through said openings for supplying blacking to said daubers. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. C. SCHEER, \Vitnesses:

D. F. Founnonssn, Lona M. Cross. 

